I was not going to miss it. [Not after that entry, meaning his entire family knows he skipped out, which also means everyone is going to scold him for doing so.]
[He heads down the hall, to his (depressingly empty) room, expecting that Muraki would follow. Better to not do this in the middle of the living room, in case people come home looking for him.]
[Action]
[He heads down the hall, to his (depressingly empty) room, expecting that Muraki would follow. Better to not do this in the middle of the living room, in case people come home looking for him.]